Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques
Exercises to Control the Tool: The Lines
A course by Ash Rudolph , Freelance Artist
About the video: Exercises to Control the Tool: The Lines
Overview
“In this lesson, I will exercise different techniques for linework on a wood-burned piece. ”
In this video lesson Ash Rudolph addresses the topic: Exercises to Control the Tool: The Lines, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques. Discover the meditative craft of pyrography and learn to enhance wooden objects with unique illustrations inspired by the world around you.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson we're going to be going over the different techniques that you can use to create line and shading. for your wood learning. So first we're going to be going over the different ways to create line for your wood burning piece. So first we have One of our line making tips, this is a loop tip. and it is good. for making clean fluid or organic lines where you're swerving around a lot. The loop tips also really work well at any heat. So they can use it for a variety of different things. like using the loop tips for most of my line making. It's my preferred tip. And I like it for ...”
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Course summary for: Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Traditional illustration

Ash Rudolph
A course by Ash Rudolph
Ashlyn Rudolph is a freelance artist based in Virginia, U.S. As a child, she was passionate about telling stories and making things, and realized from a young age that she wanted to pursue an artistic career. She went on to complete a BFA in communication arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she specialized in children’s illustration and design. Ashlyn later went on to teach herself how to illustrate with woodburning techniques.
After sharing her work online in 2020, she grew a following on TikTok and Instagram for her pyrography work and later left her job to pursue a full-time career in art. Ashlyn mainly works on personal pieces, but has collaborated with brands including Ketnipz LLC, creating illustrated backgrounds for their game, BeanKind. She also shares her work with over 15K followers on Instagram.
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